diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/exception.c b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/exception.c
index fec9a103b4e23..28214be247090 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/exception.c
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/exception.c
@@ -189,12 +189,25 @@ int printExceptionAndFreeV(JNIEnv *env, jthrowable exc, int noPrintFlags,
         if (!rootCause) {
             fprintf(stderr, "(unable to get root cause for %s)\n", className);
         } else {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s", rootCause);
+            // Trim overly long rootCause message after new-line.
+            const char *newlnIndex = strchr(rootCause, '\n');
+            int displayLen = 80;
+            if (newlnIndex != NULL) {
+                int newLen = (int) (newlnIndex - rootCause);
+                if (newLen > 10 && newLen < 200) {
+                    // Keep message a reasonable length.
+                    displayLen = newLen;
+                }
+            }
+            fprintf(stderr, "%.*s\n", displayLen, rootCause);
         }
-        if (!stackTrace) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "(unable to get stack trace for %s)\n", className);
-        } else {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s", stackTrace);
+        if (!(noPrintFlags & NOSTACK_FILE_NOT_FOUND)) {
+        // Do not print stack for file not found
+            if (!stackTrace) {
+                fprintf(stderr, "(unable to get stack trace for %s)\n", className);
+            } else {
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s", stackTrace);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/exception.h b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/exception.h
index cdf93a16065db..1f68576139318 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/exception.h
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/exception.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
  */
 #define PRINT_EXC_ALL                           0x00
 #define NOPRINT_EXC_FILE_NOT_FOUND              0x01
+#define NOSTACK_FILE_NOT_FOUND                 0x100
 #define NOPRINT_EXC_ACCESS_CONTROL              0x02
 #define NOPRINT_EXC_UNRESOLVED_LINK             0x04
 #define NOPRINT_EXC_PARENT_NOT_DIRECTORY        0x08
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/hdfs.c b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/hdfs.c
index ed150925cdb81..45f60d5af9292 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/hdfs.c
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-native-client/src/main/native/libhdfs/hdfs.c
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ static hdfsFile hdfsOpenFileImpl(hdfsFS fs, const char *path, int flags,
                 jReplication, jBlockSize);
     }
     if (jthr) {
-        ret = printExceptionAndFree(env, jthr, PRINT_EXC_ALL,
+        ret = printExceptionAndFree(env, jthr, NOSTACK_FILE_NOT_FOUND,
             "hdfsOpenFile(%s): FileSystem#%s(%s)", path, method, signature);
         goto done;
     }